Curbside Partners with Yelp Enabling On-the-Go Convenience

As consumer shopping behavior continues to evolve towards mobile, it’s become increasingly important for merchants to connect with their customers where they spend a lot of the time – on their phones on leading digital properties. At Curbside, we build products that bridge the gap between digital and local, making it faster and easier for consumers to find and pick up products at local retail stores and restaurants.

Today, we’re announcing that Curbside has partnered with Yelp to power for the first time ever a feature that will enable consumers to shop within Yelp. They will pick up their items at a local store, within an hour, without ever having to get out of the car. Yelp with Curbside pickup marks a huge opportunity for retailers and restaurants. Local stores can now streamline the shopping experiences for Yelp users by bringing locally available products and promotions into Yelp and offering a quick pick-up experience which is so convenient for today’s busy consumers. Yelp wants to expand its deep local connections to more restaurant locations and to traditional retail stores.

The functionality will expand nationwide to thousands of CVSs across the United States where Curbside pickup is already available. This partnership will now provide CVS customers with another convenient way to buy and pick up their products on the go through an app they already use to connect with great local businesses. We’ll also be adding additional retailers and businesses, including Pizza Hut, which is currently live in select markets and will be expanding in the coming months.

At Curbside, we know that retailers and restaurants focus a lot of resources to bring consumers to their properties. We want to offer a way for local merchants to extend their offerings into digital properties like Yelp, where consumers already are spending a great deal of their screen time. This is the beginning of a number of partnerships that will help retailers and restaurants reach customers on any mobile device, however they prefer to shop.